Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-05
WHOLE NUMBER 1891.

Oakes, of the Northern: A road is
now being built called the Oregon and
Washington Territory, from Wallula
junction southeasterly into the wheat
country of the Snake river. This is
being done by private enterprise in op-
position to the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company. There is no
agreement for lease by the Northern
Pacific, but only for traffic arrange.
ment."
Frank ]. Parker writes to his paper
that the Northern Pacific railroad
company have splendid exhibit at
the London exposition, under charge
OF Mr.. Groat, their emigration agent
Oregon and Washington Territory
have no special exhibit and the North
ern Pacific is doing the work in a
splendid manner at their own expense.
They are deserving of much credit
from our people, as no doubt their ef-
forts will be conducive of much good
to Washington Territory in the way
of immigration.
A few days ago articles of incorpor-
alton were drawn up at Chehalis of the
White River Shingle Company, of
White river, Pierce county. The cap
ital stock of the company is 5000,
divided into six shares of $500 each.
The names of the incorporators are D.
McVay, President and General Mana
ger; J. J. Shinabarger, Secretary !;
Ami Hopkins, Treasurer; C. E. Hunt,
time-keeper; Charles w. Spaulding,
Samuel Mcdonald and William T.
Briant. They intend having their
shingle-mill running in about two
weeks.
1t is asserted that Port Angles will
move on the next legislature to secure
the county seat of Clallam county,
from Dungeness; 1t also appears
likely that the eastern end of the
county including Dungeness, will move
for annexation to Jefferson, in the
event of losing the county seat. Many
of the citizens see in the future a de-
mand for county buildings at Angeles,
which they are not over anxious to
help pay for. Altogether, the new
colony at Angeles seems in fair way
to create a new order of business all
around.
"The switchback," says a gentleman
who recently travelled over it, sis one
of the most ingenius accomplishments
to be seen in the west. The grade is
296 feet to the mile, and while des.
cending requires the use of air and wa
ter brakes with brakesmen at either
end of the train and an engine hitched
to both ends. Great pIecaution is
necessary even with these additional
securities and the momentum is very
great by the time the level is gained
Snow lies in deep banks on either side
of the track at the summit and the
scenery is weird, wild and grand"
! Does farming pay? D. w. Small
has 20 acres above town which Chi.
nese gardens have wished to lease, offer
ing to pay SIS an acre for it, which
Mr.. Small refused. He calculates this
way: The 20 acres planted to oats
will raise 60 bushels of so pounds tc
the bushel, 1900 bushels O,OOC
pounds in all. This, at present fig.
ures is worth 5000. The land can be
plowed, sown, attended to, harvested
threshed and marketed at $40 (and
this is high figure) or 5000 of tota1
expense-leaving clear profit o
$4OO. The question is answered.
Walla Walla Union.
Palouse Gazette: Thursday last, neal
Pine City, twenty-seven miles north o.
Colfax. Miss Belle Gully, aged Is
daughter Of J. P. Gully, had needle
painlessly extracted from her back by
her mother. Miss Gully swallowed the
needle seven years ago in California
One day the little girl, while playing
with her dolls, went to her mother and
said, Mamma, I've swallowed q pin. ,
Nothing was thought of the matter
until last Thursday, when, after seven
years, the needle found its way to thu
surface. During all that time the
child enjoyed good health, and never
experienced the slightest pain from
the imprisoned needle.
Skagit News: J. O. Rudene, of the
Swinomish, has discovered an original
method of soaring cross cattle. Mr.
r. had valuable Holstein bull, worth
about $1,000, which was a little in.
clined to be cross. 1t got into the
yard one day last week, and Mr. r. in
tending to frighten the animal, loaded
up his shotgun with al extra charge
of powder and large wad of paper.
Then, planting himself squarely in
front of his bullship. he let drive at
short range. When the smoke of bat
tie cleared away the bull was discov-
cred lying on the ground, too dead to
be of any use, unless to be made into
oleomargine. 1t is said that Mr.. r.
was worse scared than the bull, and
the only satisfaction left him is that
he has the hide of the first Holstein
ever slaughtered in Washington Ter
ritory. IL is expected that there will
be a great falling off in the price of
lead, since it has been discovered that
| paper bullets will kill the largest kind
of game.